Differences in Anthropometric Parameters of Children in Six European Countries.

Background: The databases of children's anthropometric parameters are often outdated, rarely representative and are not always available at an international level.

Objectives: To present children's anthropometric parameters in six European countries that contributed to the Feel4Diabetes project and find country-specific differences.

Design/setting: The Feel4Diabetes study was performed between 2016 and 2018, targeting children in Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Hungary and Spain.

Primary care obesity management in Hungary: evaluation of the knowledge, practice and attitudes of family physicians.

Background: Obesity, a threatening pandemic, has an important public health implication. Before proper medication is available, primary care providers will have a distinguished role in prevention and management. Their performance may be influenced by many factors but their personal motivation is still an under-researched area.

Primary care of patients with high cardiovascular risk : Blood pressure, lipid and diabetic target levels and their achievement in Hungary.

Cardiovascular diseases are responsible for the majority of premature deaths in Hungary as well. Most of them could be prevented with healthy lifestyle of patients and adequate drug prescription of primary care physicians. Earlier European surveys found wide differences between the practices and achievements of different countries in this field.

[Trends and current questions of cardiovascular prevention in primary health care].

Although an impressive progress has been achieved in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, they are at the top of the mortality statistics in Hungary. Prevention of these diseases is an essential task of the primary health care. Cardiovascular prevention is carried out at primary, secondary and tertiary levels using risk group and population preventive strategies.

Endocrine and anatomical findings in a case of Solitary Median Maxillary Central Incisor Syndrome.

Solitary Median Maxillary Central Incisor Syndrome (SMMCI) is a rare malformation syndrome consisting of multiple, mainly midline defects. Some authors suggest that it is a mild manifestation of the wide spectrum of holoprosencephaly, others classify it rather as a distinct entity. Authors report a case of SMMCI presenting with growth retardation, mild intellectual disability and absence of puberty.

Knowledge, motivation, and attitudes of Hungarian family physicians toward pandemic influenza vaccination in the 2009/10 influenza season: questionnaire study.

Aim: To evaluate the knowledge, motivation, and attitudes of Hungarian family physicians toward pandemic influenza vaccination in the 2009/10 influenza season.

Method: A questionnaire with 20 questions was developed and sent to 232 family physicians in 3 largest Hungarian cities: Budapest, Debrecen, and Miskolc. The study was conducted in December 2009 and January 2010.

[Current questions of thyroid diseases in childhood].

In recent years our knowledge on thyroid diseases in childhood has been increased. Several forms of congenital hypothyroidism (dysgenesis, dyshormongenesis, thyrotropin resistance and some central forms) are consequences of gene mutations. Maternal hypothyroxinemia due to severe iodine deficiency leads to early neurological damage and congenital hypothyroidism.

[Prevalence of microalbuminuria and its clinical correlation with other risk factors of cardiovascular diseases].

Degree of albuminuria is a sensitive parameter to estimate cardiovascular risk and endothelial dysfunction. Large epidemiological studies proved higher amount of protein in the urine in diabetic and hypertensive patients. Measurement of albuminuria is not a part of the daily routine in Hungarian primary care nowadays.

Novel sequence variation of AIRE and detection of interferon-omega antibodies in early infancy.

Objective: Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type I (APS I) is a rare primary immunodeficiency disorder characterized by chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis, multi-organ autoimmunity and ectodermal dysplasia. Autoantibodies to parathyroid and adrenal glands and type I interferons (IFN) are hallmarks of APS I, which results from mutations in the autoimmune regulator (AIRE) gene. We wished to study clinical, immunological and genetic features of APS I in Hungarian patients, and to correlate anti-IFN-omega serum concentration with APS I and other multi-organ autoimmune diseases.

[Continuing care of patients with cardiovascular risk in general practice: diabetic patients and their care].

Introduction: Both types of diabetes mellitus are conditions with high cardiovascular risk.

Aims: This work was aimed to study the frequency of cardiovascular risk factors, macrovascular and microvascular complications and to assess the results of continuous diabetes care in an adult population with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Method of the study was a questionnaire survey, altogether 400 patients, 49 with type 1 and 351 with type 2 diabetes, were enrolled to it.

[Continuing care of patients with cardiovascular risk in general practice: patients with dyslipidemia and their care].

Introduction: The role of dyslipidemia is essential in the development of atherosclerosis, therefore continuing care of dyslipidemic patients is an extremely important task in cardiovascular prevention.

Aims: This study was aimed to investigate continuing care of dyslipidemic patients in general practices. Method of the study was a questionnaire survey, 397 patients of 39 general practices were involved into the study.

Relation between the socioeconomic status of the family and primary allergy prevention in infant feeding in Hajdu-Bihar County, Hungary.

Background: The relationship between socioeconomic status and preventive care is an important issue in public health practice in Hungary. Our aim was to investigate the association between the socioeconomic status and the present practice of primary allergy prevention in infant feeding in Hajdú-Bihar County, Hungary.

Methods: A questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey was performed among 3076 infants aged 0-6 months.

[Cardiovascular risk among patients of general practices, who are not in current acute care].

Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are the first in the Hungarian mortality statistics. Numerous factors are known that may be involved as risk factors in the development of these diseases, and the risk is multiplied when they occur simultaneously. The recommendations of the European and Hungarian professional societies regard the early exploration of these risk factors and the estimation of cardiovascular risk as extremely important, since the intervention to be introduced depends on the extent of the risk.